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Prof. Dr. Alper Kiraz
Koç University
Department of Physics, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Rumelifeneri Yolu, 34450 Sariyer
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 212 338 1701
Fax:+90 212 338 1559
E-mail: akiraz [at] ku.edu.tr

Research

Academic and Administrative Experience

2016 – Professor, Koç UniversityDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2014 – Professor, Koç UniversityDepartment of Physics
2016 – 2022 Associate Dean, Koç University, College of Sciences
2014 – 2015 Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Biomedical Engineering Department
2009 – 2014 Associate Professor, Koç University, Department of Physics
2004 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Koç University, Department of Physics
2002 – 2004 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich, Department of Chemistry

Education

2000 – 2002 Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis Title: “Non-Classical Light Emission from Single Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots”
1998 – 2000 M.S., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
1993 – 1998 B.S., Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara
1990 – 1993 High School Diploma, İzmir Atatürk High School

Honors & Awards

2020 TÜBA Principal Member
2016 Outstanding Faculty Award, Koç University
2015 OSA Senior Member
2014 Fulbright Fellowship
2009 Int. Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT) 2009, Best Paper Award, “High Precision Size Tuning and Stabilization of Single Salt-Water Microdroplets on a Superhydrophobic Surface”, A. Kiraz, M. Mestre, Y. Karadag, S. C. Yorulmaz, and M. Gundogan, 21-23 Sep. 2009, Istanbul
2009 FABED Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award
2008 TÜBİTAK Encouragement Award
2006 TÜBA Young Investigator Award
2003 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
1993 İhsan Doğramacı Foundation Award

Teaching

Personal

My wife Berna, daughter Bihter, and son Emre.